Shimla, May 25 – Home Minister Amit Shah reaffirmed that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is an integral part of India and pledged to reclaim it, while criticizing the Congress for attempting to intimidate the government by highlighting Pakistan’s possession of nuclear weapons.
“PoK hamara hai, hamara rahega aur hum ise lekar rahenge (PoK is ours and it will remain ours. We will take it),” Shah declared at a rally in Amb, Una district, in support of Union Minister Anurag Thakur, the BJP candidate for the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat.
Shah claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already secured 310 seats in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha elections, confidently predicting the ‘400-paar’ (beyond 400 seats) target would be achieved in the sixth and final phases. In contrast, he suggested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would be limited to just 40 seats.
Mocking the Congress, Shah questioned the rally attendees on who would become Prime Minister if the Congress were to come to power. He also urged voters to ensure a BJP victory in the six assembly seat by-elections to facilitate the formation of a BJP government in the state and achieve the ‘400-paar’ goal.
